Anti-globalization movement - The anti-globalization movement is a social movement which is critical of corporate capitalism. This is not one single movement, per se, but more of a movement of movements. Protesters criticize globalism on many fronts (anti-capitalism, anti-plutocracy, anti-corporate, etc), …show more content…
In capitalism people produce or obtain goods not for use, but to exchange for the purpose of gaining capital. However, the simple definition of capitalism does not sufficiently cover the global culture of capitalism. In Thailand, for instance, owners of shop houses would practice basic principles of capitalism such as wage labor and investing profits. However, the current global culture of capitalism exists on a much larger scale, and influences the community differently. The transition from shop house to department store represented the transition from capitalism to the global capitalism practiced in the larger, more developed countries